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Originally Posted by joeysteele

I think someone from BB should go with him if he decides he would like to attend the funeral, no matter where or what I was doing I would want to be at any of my Grandparents and for that matter any family member's funeral.

I would not expect to suffer any penalties for doing so either,some people's lives can get pretty messed up if they miss a close relatives funeral.
He should certainly be at least taken to the service and allowed to return. Even some people in Prisons are allowed to go to funerals of parents,Grandparents.

I doubt BB will be on many peoples minds at the service to say the last goodbyes to a loved family member anyway. He can easily be brought straight back after the service.
He may even would like the honour of helping carry his Grandfathers coffin.I helped carry my Grandmothers and no one would have stopped me going to her funeral.I would have fought tooth and nail against any penalty against me either for attending her funeral though.

the horrible cynic in me thinks, how come, within minutes of breaking the news to the hms: was he laughing with them about ''think how much I could get away with, with this....go fetch me a glass of water etc".

Yes, it could have been a flippant comment, but it made me think that either something was not right, or that he was not that close to his grandfather.

I am probably very very wrong, but I'm going to say what I thought.